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1972 Ideal "Bing Bang Boing" commercial

March 31, 2008 6:49am

Maybe I'm a gigantic wuss, but there's something about this commercial, like a bunch of other 70s style TV/film I remember from my childhood (like some of those Sesame Street segments), that really freaks me out: the hyper-"stage"yness of it all, the black background (almost like they're playing somewhere in the lonely reaches of outer space, a la 2001), the druggy speeded-up portions, the weird semi-ironic music... it all feels like a bad trip. Funny, because it almost should feel nostalgic in a warm-fuzzy sorta way, but just found it felt like a bad flashback. Who got the idea that this style was a fun and friendly way to relate to kids? It feels lonely, alienated, jittery, stilted, shifty, claustrophobic and paranoid. Am I alone or does this strike anyone else this way?

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